Europe's Reaction to Trump's Sweeping Tariffs

Amanpour

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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With Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs going into effect on Saturday, world leaders are grappling with how to respond to the chaos hitting markets across the globe. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock joined Christiane from NATO headquarters in Brussels to discuss how Europe plans to retaliate. Then, as Hungary withdraws from the International Criminal Court this week and Viktor Orban welcomes Benjamin Netanyahu, who's under an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza, Christiane asks former U.S. ambassador David Pressman, who served there until this year, whether Trump's America is following Hungary's autocratic playbook. Also, after far-right politician Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement, Melissa Bell reports from Paris on what it means for France and the future of the National Rally party in the 2027 elections. Christiane also speaks with two aid workers who've seen the horrors in Gaza up close; American physician Tanya Haj-Hassan just left Gaza after spending almost 6 weeks there, and Arwa Damon, a former CNN journalist turned charity founder is desperately trying to get back in. From Christiane's archives, the search for Pope John Paul II's successor, twenty years after his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Almanpur hour. Here's where we're headed this week.
0:12.0	You know, you think of European Union very friendly. They rip us off. It's so sad to say. It's so pathetic.
0:19.0	Trump says he wants to end wars,
0:21.6	unless apparently it's a global trade war.
0:23.6	German foreign minister Annalila Baerbock
0:26.6	on why Europe plans to retaliate.
0:28.6	In case that free trade is not possible
0:32.6	with our best friends and best partners anymore,
0:36.6	then we are prepared to protect ourselves.
0:40.3	Then, slouching towards authoritarianism, former U.S. Ambassador to Orban's Hungary,
0:47.3	David Pressman, with the playbook for Trump's America.
0:50.3	What you see is not conservatism, but what you see is corruption.
0:53.3	And Trump is president, despite a felony conviction, could the same happen for France's far-right
0:59.9	leader, Marine Le Pen?
1:01.6	Correspondent Melissa Bell breaks down what her conviction this week means.
1:05.8	But if it's not Marine, we'll go out.
1:08.6	But we'll get to arrive.
1:10.4	That's certain.
1:11.6	Plus, the horror of Gaza under siege, I speak to aid workers Tanya Haj Hassan, who's just left,
1:18.6	and Arwood Damon, who's being blocked from going in.
1:21.6	What red line has not been crossed?
1:24.6	Also, conclave. Pope Francis recovers back in the Vatican, but can he still
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